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“No, see, I think I iven you too many times You’re mine, Lana, only mine No man will ever take what’s mine”

I see the devil loo deep within him and in this moment I know I’m done I think of my friends, my faing for him to feel my heart beat all the way from here It will forever be his

Kick!

His boot strikes me one time

“You weak bitch”

Kick!

“Disgusting”

Kick!

“Fucking filth!”

Kick!

His last kick ends any chance I had of escaping Black dots dance al in,consciousness

“I’ in my head for this to be the last one, for this to end I should have left all those years ago, like any woman in this situation should But it’s never that easy

Joel had erous men ould kill with the flick of a wrist or nod of the head My parents never

knew about this, only my friends did My beautiful friends Shayla, I see her soft sston’s green eyes danced with little flares of proht Never will I forgivethem doith my burdens, take me now God

“Yeah, well not sorry enough I wanted to believe you, baby, I did” He kneels down to ht in my ear I smell the liquor on his breath, feel the heat of his venoainst my face